Events

We look forward to meeting you on the following occasions

Upcoming events

- 10/09/2026: PhD researchers Amina Yakhlaf and Flore Vermijs will host a workshop on organizing focus groups during a training day on qualitative methods in healthcare research at KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg in Leuven. Would you like to attend? You can register via this link!

- 14-18/09/2026: PhD researcher Flore Vermijs will present the preliminary results of the video observation and interview study at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her presentations are titled 'Observing family involvement in intercultural medical decision-making in Belgian general practice' and 'Family involvement in intercultural medical decision-making: patient, family and GP perspectives'.

Past events

19-21/08/2026: Oral presentation by PhD researcher Amina Yakhlaf at the 21st biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, Germany.

05-06/08/2026: 30th World Congress on Medical Law, organized by the World Association for Medical Law (WAML) in collaboration with the Antwerp Health Law and Ethics Chair (AHLEC) and the University of Antwerp. Oral presentation by PhD researcher Marta Łotoczuk: 'Making Room for Family Involvement in Medical Decision-Making Within European Patient-Rights Law', and a presentation by PhD researcher Amina Yakhlaf as part of the new chair on healthcare and religious diversity.

29/06-02/07/2026: 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference in Girona, Spain - Oral presentation by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology

25/04/2026: Conference day for Young GPs in Wilrijk (Belgium) - Workshop on culturally sensitive healthcare by PhD researchers Amina Yakhlaf, Marta Łotoczuk and Flore Vermijs

09/12/2025: Kick-off event 'The Social Study' - Oral presentation "What factors determine the preference for family involvement in medical decision-making in Belgium?" by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology, and Prof. Veerle Buffel, promotor Sociology

28/11/2025: Symposium 'Optimizing communication in healthcare' in Brussels (Belgium) – Oral presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care

16/10/2025: SDM-Dutch Study Day in Leiden (The Netherlands) – Oral presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology

08-09/09/2025: European Forum for Primary Care Conference 2025 in Vienna (Austria) – Oral presentation "Family involvement in medical decision-making: does the legal framework apply to practice? A vignette survey among Flemish general practitioners" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care

02-05/09/2025: 2nd World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health in Lisbon (Portugal) – Oral presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care

05-08/08/2025: World Association of Medical Law (WAML) Conference in Istanbul (Turkey) - Poster presentation "Communication Barriers in Healthcare: Implications for Patient Safety, Rights and Obligations, and Strategies for Mitigation" by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in Law

06-11/07/2025: International Sociological Association (ISA) Conference in Rabat (Morocco), attended and presentation by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology

07/05/2025: Research day "Cultural diversity in healthcare" in Leuven (Belgium) – Poster presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care

04/02/2025: Interuniversity networking event Belgian Health Law in Leuven (Belgium) - Presentation preliminary findings MEDIMIG project by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in law

14/11/2024: Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG) and Network on Migration and Global Mobility (MIGLOBA) ‘Migration and Health’ Seminar in Antwerp (Belgium): Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology

17-19/10/2024: European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) Conference in Budapest (Hungary) - Presentation ‘Preferences and Challenges in Medical Decision-Making involving Patients with a Migration Background in Belgium: a focus group study’ by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in family medicine

18-20/09/2024: European Association of Health Law (EAHL) Conference in Warsaw (Poland) - Presentation Young Scholars Workshop “Improving medical decision-making within a super-diverse society in light of the right to culturally appropriate healthcare” and Presentation Main Conference “Cultural dimensions of the right to health: the scope of the right to culturally appropriate healthcare” by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in law

27-30/08/2024: European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference in Porto (Portugal) - Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology

03-05/07/2024: European Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS) Conference in Antwerp (Belgium) - Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology

17/06/2024: Sociology Day 2024 in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) - Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology

14/06/2024: Belgian Association for Public Health (BAPH) Symposium ‘Tackling inequities in public health’ in Brussels (Belgium) - Presentation ‘Preferences and Challenges in Medical Decision-Making involving Patients with a Migration Background in Belgium: a focus group study’ by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in family medicine

08/02/2024: Presentation of ongoing PhD research projects in Belgian Health Law in Ghent (Belgium) – Presentation PhD Project “Improving Medical Decision-making in Migrant populations within a super-diverse society: Challenges and Legal Opportunities” by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in law